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13-01-2022, 06:31 PM #1
K1 working load
How many liters for a 1000lrt fry tank do we think we ll need please people at the moment using around 3kg hight protein feed every 6,7 weeks
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13-01-2022, 10:12 PM #2
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13-01-2022, 10:35 PM #3Freddyboy the legend
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14-01-2022, 09:36 AM #4
Fred swapped over to a larger media from k1 but cant remember the name,why not do some anoxic on the bottom of the ibc bit cheaper to do mate.
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14-01-2022, 10:38 AM #5Freddyboy the legend
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14-01-2022, 10:59 AM #6
Thing is there shouldn't be much crap going in there as its bio,that's the one helx couldn't think of it.
Not sure if it would mix with anoxic maybe better asking someone who knows mate.
I have anoxic baskets on their own and dont get crap on the top though I usually flush the water out once a year
Would cost a lot to fill an ibc with plastic media would think.John
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14-01-2022, 11:11 AM #7
My mistake John I've worded it wrong I'll start again lol
I have the icb that am using as the grow on tank outside
It'll have bd to your sieve then to a moving bed of k1 just not sure how much Ammonia ect that 50lt k1 will handle or do I need to find a bigger vessel for the k1
I have a 100lrt box ready to rock that's all
Sorry for the confusion
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14-01-2022, 01:14 PM #8
Ok Aj no probs,
With you now thought you were useing ibc for bio.
That should be good mate,I believe ibc has a 2ins outlet with a valve so an instant bottom drain there to seive then bio.
You will have to get the seive height spot on there to work ok.
Maybe the helex would work in the 100ltrs tank not too sure how much you need mate.John
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14-01-2022, 01:16 PM #9
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14-01-2022, 01:21 PM #10Freddyboy the legend
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14-01-2022, 01:26 PM #11In a moving bed chamber - You would want no more than 25% of the chamber to be filled with K1 as this allows enough water to help it to be fluidised properly.
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14-01-2022, 01:53 PM #12
if it were me, i'd be tempted to use a shower with ceramic shower media for it's massive surface area...
and protein skimming potential,
you could also lay a piece of filter mat on the top of the shower to remove fines....
if you have a shower running, you could even use some pieces already matured to give the rest of it a kick start.(assuming pond 100% parasite free, and running fine....)
1 box of CSM 25litres about the same price as 25 litres K1 micro.... £60 ish
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14-01-2022, 02:26 PM #13
So the general is that a shower is better for my needs can work with that just have to have a think on cosmetics and noise proofing
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14-01-2022, 02:31 PM #14
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14-01-2022, 02:49 PM #15
Think I've got plan but we all know what happens to plans
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14-01-2022, 04:24 PM #16
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14-01-2022, 04:27 PM #17
Like grog for cheapness but could add some of that aswell
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14-01-2022, 05:43 PM #18
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14-01-2022, 05:46 PM #19
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14-01-2022, 06:06 PM #20
Aye it dose like gotta have a decent soilds filter before it or its probably worse than no filter .
The plan in my head now for using the shower will work and shouldn't be to noisy to be fair as I have some matting in there now anyway and when I take down the inside tank I'll have spare polystyrene sheets and 18mm osb to box it all I'm but we ll see how it pans out
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